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Article THE LATE BROTHER DANIEL O'CONNELL. ← Page 2 of 7 →
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The Late Brother Daniel O'Connell.
vainly seeks to condense into a column . A few traits can alone be seized—a few reflections made . O'Connell's is not a name which we can write an epitaph upon , and then have done with it . Day after day it will recur , bound up as it is with the fate and fortunes of Ireland ; and will thus live in our arguments , as in our memories , years taking from our antipathies , adding to our reverence , and swelling still the magnitude of his gigantic fame . " Private information from those immediately about the illustrious
deceased had prepared us for the lamented event . When at Hastings his recovery was hopeless . He was enabled with great difficulty to falter through the forms and ceremonies of introduction at Paris ; but which he left with the conscious feeling of his friends that the parting was for
ever . One hope he prayed to be realized—that he might reach the " Father of Rome , " and receive his blessing . Nature , however , was too exhausted , and this last great effort was too much for him . He died at Genoa , on Saturday the 15 th of May , an hour and a half after sunset , at the Hotel Feder . Particulars of his Decease . — " For two days after his arrival here from Marseilles bthe Lombardo steamerthe friends of the illustrious
y , pilgrim observed with joy that the improvement in his health , which they began to date from Avignon , went on increasing ; but on Saturday , the Sth , it became necessary to have recourse to the same aperient remedies which had been for some time past adopted to relieve him , and always with complete success . Diarrhoea , however , set in some time after the remedies applied on Saturday night had produced the desired result , and as it still continued on Monday morning ( after a
partial cessation ou Sunday ) , it was deemed expedient to call in additional medical aid . The English physician resident here , Dr . Duff , and Dr . Berretta , of this city , met in consultation with Dr . Lacour , the physician who had accompanied O'Connell from Lyons . The diarrhoea was regarded as rather fortunate than otherwise , as helping to relieve the head , where they were of opinion the chief danger was to be apprehended . " With this view ( which coincided exactly with that taken of
O'Connell's case from first to last by tbe most eminent physicians of France ) , their remedies were mainly directed to check the congestion , which they judged to have been gaining ground in the brain from a period considerably distant . The success with which their efforts were attended was not lasting . However , even after a fourth physician , Dr . Voviani , was called in on Friday , there still were hopes . Nevertheless , it was judged prudent to be prepared for the worst ; and on Friday night the last rites of the church were received by the illustrious sufferer , with a serenity
and a fervour of piety which produced upon the members of the clergy and his friends , who surrounded his bed , the most profound and edifying impressions . " Towards three p . . on Saturday he called his own man , and , taking him warmly by both hands to acknowledge the rare fidelity with which he had served him , he said— ' As yet I am not dying ; ' but two hours later he called for the Rev . Dr . Miley ( his chaplain ) , to whom he said , when he had bent down over him , the better to hear his fast sinking voice— ' I am dying , my dear friend !' " The physicians were still in attendance ; but from that moment the prayers and other offices of religion , which had not been interrupted
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Late Brother Daniel O'Connell.
vainly seeks to condense into a column . A few traits can alone be seized—a few reflections made . O'Connell's is not a name which we can write an epitaph upon , and then have done with it . Day after day it will recur , bound up as it is with the fate and fortunes of Ireland ; and will thus live in our arguments , as in our memories , years taking from our antipathies , adding to our reverence , and swelling still the magnitude of his gigantic fame . " Private information from those immediately about the illustrious
deceased had prepared us for the lamented event . When at Hastings his recovery was hopeless . He was enabled with great difficulty to falter through the forms and ceremonies of introduction at Paris ; but which he left with the conscious feeling of his friends that the parting was for
ever . One hope he prayed to be realized—that he might reach the " Father of Rome , " and receive his blessing . Nature , however , was too exhausted , and this last great effort was too much for him . He died at Genoa , on Saturday the 15 th of May , an hour and a half after sunset , at the Hotel Feder . Particulars of his Decease . — " For two days after his arrival here from Marseilles bthe Lombardo steamerthe friends of the illustrious
y , pilgrim observed with joy that the improvement in his health , which they began to date from Avignon , went on increasing ; but on Saturday , the Sth , it became necessary to have recourse to the same aperient remedies which had been for some time past adopted to relieve him , and always with complete success . Diarrhoea , however , set in some time after the remedies applied on Saturday night had produced the desired result , and as it still continued on Monday morning ( after a
partial cessation ou Sunday ) , it was deemed expedient to call in additional medical aid . The English physician resident here , Dr . Duff , and Dr . Berretta , of this city , met in consultation with Dr . Lacour , the physician who had accompanied O'Connell from Lyons . The diarrhoea was regarded as rather fortunate than otherwise , as helping to relieve the head , where they were of opinion the chief danger was to be apprehended . " With this view ( which coincided exactly with that taken of
O'Connell's case from first to last by tbe most eminent physicians of France ) , their remedies were mainly directed to check the congestion , which they judged to have been gaining ground in the brain from a period considerably distant . The success with which their efforts were attended was not lasting . However , even after a fourth physician , Dr . Voviani , was called in on Friday , there still were hopes . Nevertheless , it was judged prudent to be prepared for the worst ; and on Friday night the last rites of the church were received by the illustrious sufferer , with a serenity
and a fervour of piety which produced upon the members of the clergy and his friends , who surrounded his bed , the most profound and edifying impressions . " Towards three p . . on Saturday he called his own man , and , taking him warmly by both hands to acknowledge the rare fidelity with which he had served him , he said— ' As yet I am not dying ; ' but two hours later he called for the Rev . Dr . Miley ( his chaplain ) , to whom he said , when he had bent down over him , the better to hear his fast sinking voice— ' I am dying , my dear friend !' " The physicians were still in attendance ; but from that moment the prayers and other offices of religion , which had not been interrupted